Tag: Education

Drowning in a sea of problems

Pakistan is a special case as far as social evils and other problems that plague its social, political and economic life are concernd. From...

Education guarantees bright future

Federal Minister for Communications Dr Arbab Alamgir Khan Khalil on Thursday termed better education of children as a guarantee for a bright future, saying,...

Call for setting minimum education standards, more allocations

The two-day National Convention on Right to Education organised by Pakistan Coalition for Education (PCE) concluded here on Wednesday with demands from the government...

Khosa stresses skill-based education for women

Punjab Governor Sardar Muhammad Latif Khosa said on Wednesday that all government and private universities should improve their educational programmes, keeping in view the...

No development without education

Education is a need of any society and more so of that one is lagging behind in development and is fragmented along many fissures....

Priority to education

Education is the basic pillar for economic growth and poverty reduction. Without education no nation can take advantage from technology and can’t compete with...

Our system of examination

I wish to draw the attention of the concerned authorities at Karachi University, especially that of the controller of the examinations, that they should...

We do need education

The importance of education in the process of nation building and economic prosperity cannot be denied. Education is a key to prosperity in a...

Khosa refuses to pity plagiarist UET prof

Punjab Governor Latif Khan Khosa rejected a UET professor’s appeal claiming relief against charges of plagiarism. Dr Sohail Aftab Qureshi, professor at the University of...

Can’t touch this!

Let them be, please A few things happened this week to nudge me away from the uninspiring abyss that had been staring back at me...

Curtain down on Inter School, Collegiate Games

The five-day 4th Inter School and College Games came to an end with around 288 schools and colleges taking part in 27 disciplines. Provincial...

PAK-TURK Schools organise ISMO 2011

The PAKTURK International Schools and Colleges, Lahore Main Campus is organising Inter Schools Mathematics Olympiads (ISMO) on Sunday (today) from 09:00am to 02:00pm in...

BISE finally gets it right this time

Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Lahore re-announced its intermediate Part I result after removing errors in presence of Education Minister Mian Mujtaba...

‘Free education for disabled at 3 institutes’

The Government National Special Education Complex, the Vocational Training for Disabled Persons and Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment for Disabled Persons will provide free-of-charge education...

Quality education

The article raises a number of very important issues. Unfortunately, the education system of Pakistan is such, that rote learning is patronised instead of...

SESSI’s medical officers Afghans with fake degrees?

Sindh Labour Minister Amir Nawab has appointed Afghan nationals, possessing fake diplomas from unaccredited institutes of Afghanistan, as medical officers in his department, Pakistan...

‘Dr Majid Naeem is not Ishaq Dar’s relative’

Punjab Education Minister Mujhtaba Shuja-ur-Rahman apologised to parents and students on errors in the intermediate examinations result, and said they would try to improve...